Gilbert light experiments for boys . Fig. 43. A boxing match 28 GILBERT BOY ENGINEERING. Fig. 44. Living shadows Put one boy near thescreen and anothernearer the light. Thefirst is natural size,the second is enor-mous (Fig. 43). If theynow pretend to fightit is very, very funnyfrom the audience. Inone of the fights, havethe lamp on the stool,let the little fellowbeat the big fellow,and if the big fellow finally runs away and Steps over the lampto the chair it looks as though he had jumped into the ceiling.Little fellow then struts around as winner. Show 5. Living Shadows. Cover a mirror with t

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Gilbert light experiments for boys . Fig. 43. A boxing match 28 GILBERT BOY ENGINEERING. Fig. 44. Living shadows Put one boy near thescreen and anothernearer the light. Thefirst is natural size, the second is enor-mous (Fig. 43). If theynow pretend to fightit is very, very funnyfrom the audience. Inone of the fights, havethe lamp on the stool, let the little fellowbeat the big fellow, and if the big fellow finally runs away and Steps over the lampto the chair it looks as though he had jumped into the ceiling.Little fellow then struts around as winner. Show 5. Living Shadows. Cover a mirror with two piecesof paper, out of each of which you have cut identical eyes, nose, and mouth with teeth, as shown in Fig. 44. Pastethe under paper against the mirror, but paste the outer paperonly at the top. Arrange the light and boy as shown and swaythe outer paper back and forth. Do you see goggling eyes andsnapping mouth? Now have the boy, whose shadow is shown, make a speechwith proper gestures, while you sway the paper. The effectwill be extremely amusing to the spectators. Show 6. Livi